The Claymore, of course, is also available in Diablo 4. Recognisable primarily by its sloping crossguard and large blade Diablo IV Gold , it's a favoured fantasy weapon, but in Sanctuary, it appears to have been mistaken for the 'Two-Handed Sword'. The pattern continues; the undulating blade of the Flamberge is used to refer to both the beefier blades of the Grimstone and Gothic Blades, while the actual Flamberge has borrowed the name of the Kingslayer from Diablo 3; the blunt point of the Executioner's Sword is referred to as a Great Sword; the Giant Sword is notably smaller than the Grimstone Sword that should bear its name.
It's not something that most players are ever likely to notice. As one commenter points out, it's taken a month for the community to catch on - I'm neither a sword historian nor the kind of person to spend time observing my character model during my grind, and I'm also using a sweet scythe for my Diablo 4 Necromancer build.
Sadly, the discovery appears to have come at exactly the wrong time. Diablo 4 patch 1.0.3 dropped yesterday, and while the previous version of the game hung around for quite a while, it might be some time until Blizzard gets the chance to drop a blade-related fix.
Season one is coming up soon, so check out our guide to the Diablo 4 Battle Pass for all the details.
Diablo 4 will run at 60 FPS in 4K on Xbox Series X, according to Blizzard.
Diablo 4 general manager Rod Fergusson recently appeared on the Official Xbox Podcast (via Pure Xbox) to discuss how the next instalment in the popular action RPG series is shaping up ahead of its June release. During the interview, Fergusson shared his enthusiasm for broadening the series' reach beyond its PC roots and revealed what players should expect performance-wise on buy Diablo 4 Items both Xbox's current-gen offerings.